Taylor Swift
Lover
Pop

Taylor Swift’s seventh effort is sweet and sensual in equal measure.

Tori Kelly
Inspired by True Events
Pop

Tori Kelly’s third effort mines autobiographical details from her life on an album that’s light and heavy, personal and reflective.

NF
The Search
Christian/Gospel, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

NF’s latest album brims with his trademark gritty authenticity as he clings to God amid deep mental health struggles.

Ed Sheeran
No. 6 Collaborations Project
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Ed Sheeran’s collaboration with many popular rappers pushes his sixth album in more problematic directions.

Beyoncé
Spirit
Pop, R&B

Beyoncé’s latest celebrates The Lion King, Africa and finding spiritual hope as we pursue our calling.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
Señorita
Pop

Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello hook up (in all senses of that word) in their sensual, smoldering pop duet “Señorita.”

Lil Nas X
7 EP
Country, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Lil Nas X’s debut EP blends and blurs musical genres … as well positive and problematic messages.

Taylor Swift
You Need to Calm Down
Pop

Taylor Swift’s latest offers a synth-fueled embrace of LGBTQ culture and scathing patronization of anyone who disagrees.

Madonna
Madame X
Pop, R&B, Reggae

Madonna’s latest careens between yearning for change and embracing naughty behavior as only the Material Girl can do.

Jonas Brothers
Happiness Begins
Pop

Six years after breaking up, the Jonas Brothers return with an album that’s more mature in every sense of that …

Miley Cyrus
She Is Coming
Pop

After offering some positive signs in Younger Now, Miley returns to form.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber
I Don’t Care
Pop

Sheeran and Bieber sing about two things they have in common: love for their wives and social anxiety.

Judah and the Lion
Pep Talks
Alternative, Christian/Gospel, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Folk, Pop, Rock

The latest effort from this eclectic Christian trio finds hope even in some of life’s hardest spots.

Shawn Mendes
If I Can’t Have You
Pop, Rock

Desperate pleas for attention generally aren’t the best way to a woman’s heart. Nobody told Shawn Mendes.

Taylor Swift
ME!
Pop

Taylor Swift’s collaboration with Panic! At the Disco’s Brenden Uri is a throwback romp that’s drenched in optimism and color.